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<h2> A Song of Autumn </h2>
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"Where shall we go for our garlands glad<br/>
At the falling of the year,<br/>
When the burnt-up banks are yellow and sad,<br/>
When the boughs are yellow and sere?<br/>
Where are the old ones that once we had,<br/>
And when are the new ones near?<br/>
What shall we do for our garlands glad<br/>
At the falling of the year?"<br/>
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"Child! can I tell where the garlands go?<br/>
Can I say where the lost leaves veer<br/>
On the brown-burnt banks, when the wild winds blow,<br/>
When they drift through the dead-wood drear?<br/>
Girl! when the garlands of next year glow,<br/>
YOU may gather again, my dear—<br/>
But I go where the last year's lost leaves go<br/>
At the falling of the year."<br/></p>
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